2015_COSAFA_Cup
2015 COSAFA Cup
International football competition
The 2015 COSAFA Cup was the 15th edition of the COSAFA Cup, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA). It was hosted by South Africa in May 2015.[1] All matches took place in the North West province.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | South Africa |
| Dates | 17–30 May 2015 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Namibia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Mozambique |
| Third place |  Madagascar |
| Fourth place |  Botswana |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 23 |
| Goals scored | 46 (2 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Wangu Gome |
| Best goalkeeper | Virgil Vries |
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More information National team, FIFA Ranking (February 2015) ...
| National team | FIFA Ranking (February 2015)[2] | Entry round |
|---|---|---|
 Mauritius | 185 | Group stage |
 Seychelles | 187 | |
 Swaziland | 165 | |
| Madagascar | 148 | |
 Zimbabwe | 119 | |
| Namibia | 111 | |
 Lesotho | 125 | |
 Tanzania (invitee) | 107 | |
| Botswana | 105 | Quarter final |
 Malawi | 93 | |
| Mozambique | 90 | |
 Zambia | 60 | |
 South Africa | 56 | |
 Ghana (invitee) | 25 |
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On 15 May 2015, COSAFA announced that fixtures would no longer be hosted at Olympia Park due to ongoing construction work and would instead be hosted by Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace in Phokeng.[3]
More information Moruleng, Phokeng ...
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COSAFA described the procedure thus:
- Draw commences for GROUP ROUND with 4 seeded teams (TZ; NAM; ZIM; LES) being placed in 1 bowl and the remaining 4 teams in the second bowl
- First ball out of seeded bowl becomes the seed for Group A and second ball is seeded in Group B, similarly with the remaining 2 balls in the seeded bowl
- We continue by drawing balls out to populate positions A3, A4 & B3, B4
- Fixtures are populated electronically as each ball is drawn
- MC talks through the Group Round results whilst the Draw Master prepares the balls for the Quarter-Final Draw
- We now have 6 new teams plus 2 teams which read "Winner Group A" and "Winner Group B"
- The 4 seeded QF teams go into bowl 1 and the unseeded teams incl the Group round winners go into bowl 2
- The fixtures for QF are established by drawing from bowl 1 (GHANA; SA; ZAM; MOZ) followed by bowl 2 (unseeded teams) until all 4 fixtures are populated
The draw took place on 26 February 2015 and was televised by South Africa's SuperSport 4.
More information Seeded, Unseeded ...
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
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Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Namibia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Zimbabwe |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mauritius |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Seychelles |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 1 |
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Osiase Koto (Lesotho)
More information Namibia, 4–1 ...
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Madagascar |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Swaziland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Lesotho |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tanzania (G) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
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More information Lesotho, 1–2 ...
| Lesotho | 1–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
Thale  26' |
Report | Vombola 38' Rabehasinmbola 85' |
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
More information Madagascar, 2–0 ...
| Madagascar | 2–0 | Tanzania |
|---|---|---|
| Rakotoharimalala 14' Randriamanjaka 44' |
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
More information Madagascar, 1–1 ...
| Madagascar | 1–1 | Swaziland |
|---|---|---|
| Randriamanjaka 7' |
Report | Ndzinisa 79' |
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Ruzive Ruzive (Zimbabwe)
Ghana, South Africa, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi and Botswana all received a bye to this stage.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Zambia | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 28 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Namibia (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Namibia | 3 | |||||||||
| 25 May – Phokeng | ||||||||||
| Madagascar | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| 30 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Madagascar | 2 | |||||||||
| Namibia | 2 | |||||||||
| 24 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 0 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 0 (6) | |||||||||
| 28 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Botswana (pen.) | 0 (7) | |||||||||
| Botswana | 1 | |||||||||
| 25 May – Phokeng | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 2 | Third place | ||||||||
| Mozambique (pen) | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| 30 May – Moruleng | ||||||||||
| Malawi | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 2 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information Seeded, Unseeded ...
| Seeded | Unseeded |
|---|---|
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More information Ghana, 1–2 ...
| Ghana | 1–2 | Madagascar |
|---|---|---|
| Darkwah 37' |
report | 28' Randriamanjaka 90' Simouri |
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Joshua Bondo (Botswana)
More information Mozambique, 2–2 ...
| Mozambique | 2–2 | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| Lucky Malata 10' (o.g.) Mzava 90+1' (o.g.) |
report | 51' Sulumba 90' (pen) Mzava |
| Penalties | ||
Gildo  Hagi  Miquissone Isac Guambe Norberto Mahumane |
5–4 | Banda Mzava Kumwenda Fodya Kondowe Malata Sulumba |
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Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
More information Zambia, 0–0 ...
| Zambia | 0–0 | Namibia |
|---|---|---|
| report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Mweene Mtonga Mbola Ndhlovu Katebe |
4–5 | Isaacks Stephanus Mwedihanga Ketjijere Hotto |
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
More information South Africa, 0–0 ...
| South Africa | 0–0 | Botswana |
|---|---|---|
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| Penalties | ||
| Lark Daniels van Heerden Motupa Morena Segolela Madisha Mngonyama |
6–7 | Nato Kgaswane Mogorosi Moyo Dambe Legwaila Koobake Gaolaolwe |
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
- The winning quarter finalists proceed to the semi-finals.
- The losing quarter finalists proceed to the plate semi-finals.
Plate competition
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 27 May – Moruleng | ||||||
| Zambia | 3 | |||||
| 29 May – Phokeng | ||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||
| Zambia | 0 | |||||
| 27 May – Moruleng | ||||||
| Malawi | 1 | |||||
| South Africa | 0 (4) | |||||
| Malawi (pen.) | 0 (5) | |||||
Plate semi-final
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Nelson Fred (Seychelles)
More information South Africa, 0–0 ...
| South Africa | 0–0 | Malawi |
|---|---|---|
| report | ||
| Penalties | ||
| Daniels Nyanda Madisha van Heerden Manayama Nhlapo |
4–5 | Banda Mzava Mkanda Mhone Malata Ngalande |
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Plate final
Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace
Referee: Norman Matemera (Zimbabwe)
Semi-finals
More information Namibia, 3–2 ...
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Simanga Nhleko (Swaziland)
More information Botswana, 1–2 ...
| Botswana | 1–2 | Mozambique |
|---|---|---|
| Kebatho 78' |
report | Isac 65' Parkim 88' |
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Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Duncan Lengani (Malawi)
Third place playoff
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Wisdom Chewe (Zambia)
Final
Moruleng Stadium
Referee: Hamada Nampiandraza (Madagascar)
- Top scorer
Sarivahy Vombola (5 goals)[citation needed]
- Player of the Tournament
- Goalkeeper of the Tournament
- Fair Player award
- "COSAFA CUP 2015 - DRAW". COSAFA. 26 February 2015. Archived from the original on 27 February 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "FIFA Rankings". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- "Venue change at COSAFA Cup 2015". COSAFA.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- "Namibian players win individual awards". COSAFA.com. 2 June 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2015.